State v. Curran
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from, the Chancery .ride of Pulaski Circuit Court. This was a bill filed by James M. Curran, in the chancery side of Pulaski Circuit Court, against the Bank of the State of Arkansas, John M. Ross, Financial Receiver, and David W. Carroll, attorney of said Bank, the State of Arkansas, and Charles J. Krebbs, determined before the Hon. Wm. II.
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Appeal from, the Chancery .ride of Pulaski Circuit Court. This was a bill filed by James M. Curran, in the chancery side of Pulaski Circuit Court, against the Bank of the State of Arkansas, John M. Ross, Financial Receiver, and David W. Carroll, attorney of said Bank, the State of Arkansas, and Charles J. Krebbs, determined before the Hon. Wm. II. Feild, Chancellor, in February, 1850. The bill alleged that, on the 2d November, 1836, by act of the General Assembly, the Bank of the State was incorporated, for banking purposes, witb general powers of deposit, discount, and circulation, having…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The first question to be determined is that presented on the part of the State of Arkansas, who, by her counsel contends that no suit can be brought against the State, without her consent, and then only in the mode indicated by that consent, and insists that, by the law arising upon the facts in this record, no such consent has been given as to make her amenable in this case. And this question is to be solved by an exposition of our constitutional and statutory provisions touching the point in the light thrown upon them by the principles of the common law and the regulations of the English…
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